Access Nepal Tour & Trekking

Just did the Annapurna Base Camp trek with Acc.ess Nepal. Loved our guide (Mahendra) and also porter (Dipak). Very accomodative, helpful, and follows our pace. Sadhana who helped to organised everything was also very efficient and accomodative since she had to change our plans last minute because I missed my flight to Kathmandu. And yet we managed to do everything we wanted to do in Nepal. Great teamwork and people. Highly recommended.

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Everest Base Camp Treking with Access Nepal- With my experience and humble guide Devman Tamang
Apr 2018 • Friends
I am a 49year old male from Spore.
Selected the 14 days hike with Access Nepal and my guide is Devman Tamang.
It was an Excellent Trip which led me to decide to bring my entire family to go there again next year.
The places that we gone were beautiful and the arrangement made by the organizer- Mdm Sadhana who had proven to be very understanding and prompt with her advises and years of experiences, made the booking seamless. She had basically provided all the information and even helped us to book the additional day stay in Kathmandu and also arranged for us 2 additional land tours too. (with minimum charge) She is the best organizer who puts her customers at heart.

The trip was excellent. I was very lucky that my guide Devman who is fun yet very firm in giving us advises on what to eat, drink and even brought hot ginger drinks and medication for all of us, not forgetting the coconut cookies that gave us motivation to climb the mountains.

I was sick on 2 separate occasions and luckily for me, Devman really looked after me. He gave me assurance, gave me medication, brought the dinner to my room and even pray for me to have a quick recovery. True enough, I have recovered and our entire team managed to reach the peak of the base camp.

I will rate this trip “EXCELLENT, with the help of Mdm Sadana and the BEST guide in NEPAL Devman. I am currently planning to sign up for the Annapurna Base Camp for my entire Family.

P.S. do be generous in the tipping for the guides and the excellent porters. Most of our team mates gave about 25% i.e. USD240 as tips for their service. Seriously, this is the least that we can help them. They really worked very hard and deserve our support.

If you have any questions, do write to me. I am in Spore. Thank you for reading and pls have my assurance that this is a good trip and do book with Access Nepal.

Edward Yeo Hong Sing
Singapore

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After making the decision to do the EBC trek, I did a lot of research about tour companies. I decided to go with Access Nepal because of so many positive reviews and the fact that they were based locally in Nepal. The whole booking experience was so easy. I was in constant contact with Sadhana who was so friendly and informative about the itinerary, logistics equipment etc.

I was quite nervous flying to Nepal alone, but I was completely put at ease as soon as my incredible guide Ganesh met me at the arrival area of KTM airport. From getting me to the hotel, to Lukla airport and ultimately to EBC, Ganesh made the whole experience so easy and allowed me to truly enjoy the adventure I was having.

Because I was on this trek solo, I got to spend a lot of time talking with Ganesh while hiking and at meal times. He spent hours telling me about the different regions we were hiking through, the local customs, other treks he takes clients on. He took time to introduce me to other guides and porters which was really nice considering I was otherwise by myself. His passion for the Himalayas was so obvious and it made the experience even more enjoyable.

If you are even thinking of booking a tour with Access Nepal, you should go ahead and do it, and ask for Ganesh! I can guarantee you will not be disappointed!

Anthony Paulozza Italy Reviews from

ABC Trek
Apr 2017 • Couples
My husband and I did the ABC trek. We were very happy with Sadhana’s responsiveness throughout the booking process. The trip was just unbelievable. Our guide (P.N) and porter were always so attentive and cheerful. They were great the entire time. We couldn’t have asked for better company. We highly recommend Access Nepal.

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….Better than Excellent! 14 day trek to EBC
Apr 2018 • Couples
I highly recommend using Access Nepal for your trek in Nepal. We did the 14-day Everest Base Camp trek the last two weeks in April 2018 and it was well organized, professionally guided and an excellent adventure for my boyfriend and me. Ms. Sadhana Adhikari is the Executive Travel Advisor we dealt with by phone and email from the U.S. and was our main contact (other than our guide Dev) in Nepal. She handled our reservation efficiently, was responsive to our requests and questions; well organized itinerary, good prep, personable. Great to work with! At our intro meeting upon arrival, Sadhana reviewed the itinerary, policy, gear needs, other things–and tipping. See below.* We wanted to trek as our own group of two with a guide and that worked out great as we trekked slower than other groups. We’re active, yet I turned 60 on the trek (cool) and the other person is 66 (he did this EBC trek 40 years ago…super cool.) The Hotel Blue Horizon in Katmandu is terrific, by the way. Stayed there before and after the trek and it was inexpensive $ and just wonderful. Staff is out of sight friendly and helpful. Location was perfect. Excellent breakfast included.

I can’t say enough about our top-notch guide: Devman Tamang. He had excellent knowledge of and experience on EBC and other Himalayan treks, as well as Nepali culture, history, tradition, religion, demographics and getting in and out of Lukla in one piece! (That is a story…worked out slick all in all.) He was personable, interesting and when you spend 14 days together, you hope it’s a comfortable fit–it was! He has a good sense of humor and quick wit. He was flexible with us on the schedule (starting earlier in the morning, etc.) and was great about discussing any of our great ideas! lol)

Accommodations in the tea houses are pretty basic and we asked to have a bathroom/toilet in our room since we’d been hydrating all day. The sleeping rooms are not heated and were rather cold (and that from a Minnesotan) so the in-room toilets were a convenience that Dev arranged, and for which we paid a little more. The beds at every tea house were spartan, but were in fact, very comfortable and the quilts/heavy blankets were fabulously warm over our sleeping bags. The Access Nepal sleeping bags we used were excellent and we were not cold once we were in bed. A couple places even had warm/hot showers-an unexpected treat. The tea house dining rooms were warm (yak turd and kerosene fueled stoves), full of other trekkers who we saw on a recurring basis over the trek and occasionally reminded me of the cantina in Star Wars (in an amusing and other-worldly way…no blasters or light sabers noted!) A highlight, great time to chat with people from around the world.
WIFI is not cheap and is spotty but Dev let us know what our options were at each tea house dining room. Used it minimally to send email/text; sending photos is slow and uses up most of a limited Everest Link wifi card.
Meds: Bring a lot of Tylenol, Ibuprofen, a decongestant, cough drops (you can also buy those and Diclofenac in Kathmandu), perhaps a topical analgesic for sore muscles. Dev’s first aid kit held an array of basic meds which were very helpful as well. He shared local honey from his mom for one malady. I would have brought muscle relaxers and a stronger pain med for some of the random problems I had from hiking long days with new pack etc. Hand warmers were one of the best things I had for getting warm after hiking (lots cheaper to bring them from home. Rather pricey in Namche…) I took Diamox, my friend did not.
Dev saved my bacon on this trek, and really, he did everything within reason to make both our lives more comfortable and to summit successfully. He was great about making sure we drank enough tea and water and ate food (which was consistent between tea houses and pretty good overall. Didn’t eat any meat as it is brought in by yak and didn’t want to chance a stomach problem. Bummer, I wanted to try a yak steak!) Meals were bigger than I could routinely eat (I’m a smaller human…) and the cooks don’t like leftovers, so I shared with my friend and Dev if they were still hungry.
We bought bottled water the whole trek, carried TP and small bottle of biodegradable soap. Tough to get laundry done on trek due to limited time and hang dry only.
On April 23, we trekked through the memorial area before reaching Lobuche and Dev helped us make rock, juniper and prayer flag memorials to our loved ones who have died. Very moving. And at dinner that evening in Lobuche, he had a homemade Tibetan cake, replete with birthday candles served to our table for my 60th b-day. Altitude, emotion, whatever….it was really moving to celebrate my birthday with all my new friends/strangers in the dining room. Thanks to Dev for planning the cake and celebration. It meant a lot to me…I still went to bed early as Base Camp was next day. I appreciated Dev’s positive, kind and low-key but not too mellow attitude, especially on my tougher hiking days. As I said, he was a key component in helping me reach Base Camp (On the morning we left Lobuche for Base Camp, the temperature dropped, and wind and snow started. It was a cold, challenging yet exciting day.)
You may consider a 16-day trek if you want to have more time on the return trek. The last three days back to Lukla were long trekking days for us, yet we were anxious to get back to Lukla, Kathmandu and beyond. It’s a trade-off for you to balance. I still preferred the 14 day. Having said that, I reminded myself regularly throughout the entire trek, to stop and enjoy the trip. Pain, altitude, snow…whatever…I reminded myself to notice the incredible environment, scenery and experience. Even when I felt like crud, that focus wasn’t lost on me…We stopped to enjoy the indescribable scenery, peaks, rhododendrons, take photos, walk the longer way around the Buddhist symbols and sometimes have tea and snack when we got tired. Go slow, enjoy was our mantra. BTW, we had great weather nearly every day: either clear and warm or cooler and comfortable. Except on Base Camp day. lol

**Tipping: This is important. Guides and porters depend on tips (in addition to their compensation) so build that into your budget. Our porter Astaram (16) was doing one of his first treks. Filling in for his older brother and on a break from school, this young man was awesome. He schlepped our two heavy Access Nepal duffel bags to each stop and had them waiting when we arrived each night. The porters work their butts off–don’t forget them. We gave him the tip personally on the last day and it meant a lot to him. I don’t think tips are dependent on reaching the destination (variables such as altitude sickness or other unforeseeable issues may intercede), it really was the overall experience that mattered, though I am grateful to Dev for helping me get to base camp. But I am also happy with the entire experience-that’s what my tip was for. We had a small group, so we tipped more on a percentage basis. It was well worth it and given the very reasonable cost of the Access Nepal trek itself, I felt comfortable with it. We gave some $ early on and the balance at the end. And we talked about overall comp-as well as just about everything else- on the trail. Dollars or Rupees…doesn’t matter. Just remember that it is not built into the price of the trek.

Epilogue: excellent trek and adventure. LOVED Nepal and Kathmandu–you might want to wear a mask or buff as the city air quality is poor. We both got nasty head and chest colds the last day of the trek, so noticed the city air more. We really liked the people throughout Nepal, enjoyed extra days walking all over Kathmandu. Bought a lot of inexpensive knock off gear for future endeavors and because nearly all our clothes were dirty. Laundry is done at hotels but didn’t find a self-laundromat which is what I needed. I am staying in touch with a couple people I met via Facebook and would have brought some business cards to exchange with people I met.
I would recommend ACCESS NEPAL TOUR & TREKKING to anyone regardless of skill or experience, for a great experience at a very reasonable price.

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A company of 10
Mar 2024 • Friends
Spectacular. The entire company, from the reception at the Kathmandu airport with the flower necklaces, transfers… and the entire organization and development of the trekking through the Annapurna Valley.
Although it is not fair to mention only a few, given that the entire company was 10, it is impossible not to remember Vikash, Deivman and Suresh whose 24/7 kindness made the hard part of the journey much easier. And of course to Sadhana in the organization in Kathmandu.
Thank you very much for the experience.

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